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Historical Event on 8/1/1993

Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1936Vasudevrao Apurao Changre, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
3/20/1997Maharashtra (like H.P.) proposes to make carrying for aged parents mandatory.
12/15/1943The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong.
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
6/12/1999Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad.
2/14/1933W. R. Sonar, famous marathi poet, author, playwright, editor and publisher, was born.
11/20/1888Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
10/3/1978Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.